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ArticleRNA (New York, N.Y.)2009

Metazoan stress granule assembly is mediated by P-eIF2alpha-dependent and -independent mechanisms.

Natalie G Farny, Nancy L Kedersha, Pamela A Silver

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Article in RNA (New York, N.Y.), 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 89 papers.

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89citing papers in PubMed
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

89 citing papers in PubMed, 133 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Natalie G FarnyDepartment of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
Nancy L Kedersha
Pamela A Silver
Harvard University · USBrigham and Women's Hospital · US

Funding

COORDINATION OF PROCESSING AND TRANSPORT OF MRNASR01GM057476 · NIGMS · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI SILVER, PAMELA A · 1998 to 2010
$4.3M
CYTOLYTIC EFFECTOR MECHANISMS OF NUCLEOLYSIN TIA-1R01AI033600 · NIAID · DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE · PI ANDERSON, PAUL J. · 1993 to 2010
$3.4M
Characterization of mammalian stress granulesR56AI033600 · NIAID · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI ANDERSON, PAUL J. · 2005 to 2005
$437k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI033600NIAID NIH HHS R56 AI033600NIGMS NIH HHS GM057476NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM057476
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Stress granules (SGs) are cytoplasmic bodies wherein translationally silenced mRNAs are recruited for triage in response to environmental stress. We report that Drosophila cells form SGs in response to arsenite and heat shock. Drosophila SGs, like mammalian SGs, are distinct from but adjacent to processing bodies (PBs, sites of mRNA silencing and decay), require polysome disassembly, and are in dynamic equilibrium with polysomes. We further examine the role of the two Drosophila eIF2alpha kinases, PEK and GCN2, in regulating SG formation in response to heat and arsenite stress. While arsenite-induced SGs are dependent upon eIF2alpha phosphorylation, primarily via PEK, heat-induced SGs are phospho-eIF2alpha-independent. In contrast, heat-induced SGs require eIF2alpha phosphorylation in mammalian cells, as non-phosphorylatable eIF2alpha Ser51Ala mutant murine embryonic fibroblasts do not form SGs even after severe heat shock. These results suggest that mammals evolved alternative mechanisms for dealing with thermal stress.

Indexed as

AnimalsBlotting, WesternCell LineCytoplasmic GranulesDrosophilaEukaryotic Initiation Factor-2Fluorescent Antibody TechniqueIn Situ HybridizationPhosphorylationPolymerase Chain ReactionRNA InterferenceRNA, MessengerEukaryotic Initiation Factor-2RNA, Messenger

Identifiers

PMID19661161
PMCPMC2743051
OpenAlexW2096948009

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